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GLORY MATCH PREVIEW - ROUND 15 v BRISBANE ROAR

Perth Glory will be out to make it three wins a row under Interim Head Coach Kenny Lowe when they take on ladder-leaders Brisbane Roar this Friday night at nib Stadium.

Perth Glory will be out to make it three wins a row under Interim Head Coach Kenny Lowe when they take on ladder-leaders Brisbane Roar this Friday night at nib Stadium.

Glory-s 3-0 win over Melbourne Heart last Friday was the side-s most comprehensive win under the new manager with Adrian Zahra scoring his second goal of the season and Shane Smeltz adding two more goals to his impressive Hyundai A-League goal scoring record of 75 (including finals).

Zahra-s goal came after cutting in from the left-hand side of the pitch, skipping past two Heart defenders and burying the ball past goal keeper Andrew Redmayne, while Smeltz- brace of goals came in just 16 minutes of football after making his return from a 5-week ankle injury.

Brisbane Roar suffered a surprise 2-1 loss at Suncorp Stadium against an undermanned Adelaide United outfit last week and will be hungry to get back in the winners- circle.

Brisbane will have to deal with the loss of defenders Ivan Franjic (injury) and Diogo Ferreira (suspension), while chief playmaker, Thomas Broich, was named in the team but is likely to play under some duress after picking up a corked knee during the Adelaide match.

"I'm optimistic (he'll play) because he's got great powers of recovery,” Mulvey told reporters in Brisbane on Thursday. “He's got great self -belief. He knows his body better than anybody else, and he tells me he's a good chance."

However, the Roar will receive a boost to their side with the return of Besart Berisha to their starting line-up. Berisha came off the bench against Adelaide to play just over half an hour of football after missing the previous three weeks. He scored his sixth goal of the season and will be out to improve on that tally when he plays 90 minutes against Perth.

Brisbane defeated Perth 1-0 in front of 12,308 fans at Suncorp Stadium last time they met in Round 8 but the Glory will field a vastly different side from that day with Steve Pantelidis, Ryan Edwards, Jamie Maclaren and Ryo Nagai all missing through various circumstances.

Pantelidis and Ryo have both moved on from the club while Ryan Edwards is representing the Young Socceroos in Oman as part of the AFC Under-22 Championships.

Maclaren was originally part of the same Young Socceroos squad but had to withdrawal from the team due to a groin injury. The young striker has since recovered from that injury and has trained strongly with the team throughout the week, but the FFA has not given clearance for the 21-year-old to play against Brisbane.

In a major boost for Perth, International Marquee William Gallas will make his long awaited return from a calf injury. Gallas has missed the past seven games so it remains to be seen if he will start or be used off the bench, but either way, he-s inclusion is sure to have a positive influence on the playing group.

Lowe was not giving anything away when asked about Gallas- potential role in Friday-s match.

“He wants to play. He-s got a great work ethic in the training environment. He-s pushed himself really hard in the last two weeks to get to this level.”

“I don-t think he-s 100%. I don-t think he-ll last the whole game but he-ll definitely be involved and I-m sure he-ll enjoy himself,” Lowe said from Thursday-s practice session.

“Big games demand big players so I imagine he-ll be in and around the 11.”

These two teams played out a controversial 2011-12 Grand Final which saw Besert Berisha awarded a penalty kick in the dying minutes of the match after receiving the faintest of touches from Liam Miller (now his team mate at Brisbane). That penalty kick decision still divides fans to this day …

With Perth only having lost once at home this season and Brisbane having won their past four away matches - it promises to be a cracking match.